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World of Warcraft Addiction
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Malenko
sel:
I can handle whatever you all say lol dont worry about that i've been there done that heard that etc.
I been playing these online games since i was like 12 when Ultima Online came out <,< and im 22 now sooooo i've had some years to take it all in lol.
but ya, I think ill try to find other activities to do this weekend...I get off work in like an hourish...
My room needs to be cleaned.... laundry idk, all my friends are in Florida/California. Can't wait to get my financial life back so i can go back to college already, which i went for a year so far for Game art and Design at the art institute in tampa Florida but i messed up i had a 3.7 gpa and i stopped going to class......so i j ust got a job and i gues its a start right <,< got about $2000 to pay back in rent before i can differ my student loan and go back
Not sure what kind of language you guys use here but uh
when my dad was alive he didn't raise a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- daughter so lol @_@ ok
saint:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 10, 2008, 12:20:41 pm ---A guy at work plays WoW. He's been trying to get me to play... but I know I'll be addicted, so I won't try it. >:D
I used to play a MUD nonstop about 9 years ago (pre-WoW days, all text based Multi User Dungeon for all you young peeps). Very addictive.
--- End quote ---
Wife and I were addicted to mudding as well. Sanctuary first, then Illusions of the Mind. Hard hard hard habit to break.
shardian:
I was addicted to Diablo and Team Fortress online BITD, but my crappy pc and crappy dial-up defaulted me out of the scene. :laugh2:
Once games moved to the subscription system, my naturally cheap nature prevents me from paying for something that should be free.
One thing I really need explained to me though, is the selling of in game stuff for real money. It all started with Diablo II. I remember seeing the ebay listings, and assumed it had to be a joke at first.
Why in the world would someone pay $1000 for a stupid game character?????????????
Why would someone pay real world money for in-game equipment???????????
Hello people, it is a frikkin game!
ark_ader:
There has to be a comedy skit based on AA meetings for online gamers.
I have a WOW account, and have been playing the game on and off for 2 years. The funny part is that my main character is at level 45 since 2006. Mainly because it can get so boring killing animals and monsters to get higher at rank. This is called grinding. So you progress higher by doing quests and missions.
Then you opt to go on a quest with 6 others, most likely due to my abilities to kill and keep everyone alive. Or you have a item they want or something like that.
So picture you are doing good getting though this quest - when 4 of the "buddies" in your group say: "Well that was fun, time to go to bed, my mom is shouting me" and the guys you thought was adults was in fact a 12 year olds, playing on his dad's computer. OK.
So what, right? Well when your buddies leave its certain doom for you and the 45 minutes or so you wasted doing the quest. And you are paying $18 or 9 pounds a month after spending $30 for the software. In my case its double as I have to buy new software to play on US servers as I have a UK software pack. ::)
Its not all doom and gloom as you join a Guild and a few kind souls help you out from time to time. I find it expensive if you do not play it for an hour or so a day.
Let us not forget the patches or updates you HAVE TO download before the game starts. My current patch is 3 gig, which I have to download from Blizzard at 30kbs or torrent which there is no throttle so it defeats the purpose. All together to patch WOW from DVD or CD is over 6 gig. The game is 3 gig already.
Which you think after you update its cool and ready to play, until after reboot you have to download yet another 600mb to 2 gig patch. :dizzy:
So if you have a 2 gig cap on your line - tough. Luckily I don't, but some do and it is not funny.
I have to admit the European servers are very fast. The US West coast servers are a joke. You move your character 20 feet in one direction, the screen freezes and 10 seconds go by and the game catches up. Call Blizzard - they say its your ISP, even though you can get 10 ms pings on Counter Strike at a further distanced server. Hmmm
Well they must be making some money from gamers eh?
5,000,000.00 (users) times $18 a month + the Game and Addons is quite a chunk of change, and I'm not counting the exchange rate for sterling or Euro worldwide. Not bad, so they can afford some new servers and increase the capacity...... No.
So have I been neglecting my cabs for WOW? Yes when it rains.
So there you have it, it sucks but you still play it. Sounds like Robby Roto.
Go figure. :laugh2:
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